President Obama rattled the internet this week when he unloaded his opinion on net neutrality, the notion that all internet traffic should be treated equally.Wired From ACM Opinion | November 14, 2014
After a journey that took more than a decade, the world is scheduled to witness a first when the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission attempts to land a small...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | November 12, 2014
I taught a class a few years ago at Columbia Business School called "What Makes a Hit a Hit—and a Flop a Flop."Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 11, 2014
For anyone who has ever said that all the STEM professions need is something to make them "cool" in order to attract more young people, look no further than ...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | November 11, 2014
On July 23rd, 1969, Geoffrey Crowther addressed the inaugural meeting of the Open University, a British institution that had just been created to provide an alternative...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | November 7, 2014
New technologies are making it easier for private companies and the government to learn about everything we do—in our homes, in our cars, in stores, and within...American Civil Liberties nion From ACM Opinion | November 5, 2014
On November 12th 2014 the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission will eject the small robotic lander Philae on a trajectory that should take it down to the surface...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 4, 2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) is the first terrorist group whose members have grown up on the internet.The Financial Times From ACM Opinion | November 4, 2014
Interplanetary flight is the next giant leap for humans in space. Yet consensus on even the smallest steps forward has proven elusive.Nature From ACM Opinion | October 30, 2014
When massive open online courses first grabbed the spotlight in 2011, many saw in them promise of a revolutionary force that would disrupt traditional higher education...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 29, 2014
The introduction of Apple Pay last Monday was widely described as the dawn of a new era for smartphone payments.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | October 28, 2014
A few months ago I made the trek to the sylvan campus of the IBM research labs in Yorktown Heights, New York, to catch an early glimpse of the fast-arriving, long...Wired From ACM Opinion | October 27, 2014
Gloomy economic news and the wild swings of the stock market may be getting you down. But at least you can count on this: We’ve entered the sweet spot of the ...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 27, 2014
Of Christine Kenneally’s father’s father—a man neither Kenneally nor her father ever knew, a man who did the deed requisite to reproduction and promptly vanished—she...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 23, 2014
Christian Rudder is a good writer—so good, in fact, it's easy for readers of Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking) to be smitten by his engaging...Los Angeles Review of Books From ACM Opinion | October 21, 2014
Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 20, 2014